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"Well water is a necessity, no one should be unable to get along with themselves, deliberately destroy it, and the well water is flowing, even if someone has bad intentions and puts any medicine, it will be automatically purified in a few days, and it will not be bitter." Without waiting for Liu Renzhi to answer, Chu Zhen frowned and pinched his fingers and calculated: "There is a change in water quality, and the most likely reason is that there is an earthquake, but Dancun is so close to Hangzhou City, if it is really an earthquake, everyone should be able to detect it."

"When you say about the earthquake, do you mean that the earth dragon turned over?" Liu Ren said, as if he was taken aback, even if he hadn't experienced it, he had heard of that kind of terrifying scene, and this kind of thing, absolutely no one would want to experience it himself.

"Or maybe it's a dark earthquake;" Chu Zhen nodded, thought about it, looked up at Liu Renzhi and said, "Master, what changes have happened to the well water in Hangzhou City?" "If the wells in the city also become smelly, then the same situation may occur in the wells in Hangzhou, and if there is no change, it will be limited to the local area near Dancun.

"My lord, I don't know about this matter." Liu Renzhi said truthfully, his face was a little ashamed.

"Oh, let's find someone to ask." Chu Zhen said, and he didn't care, not that Liu Renzhi didn't care about the people's livelihood, but that the officials were not immortals, so it was impossible to clearly understand the situation in advance, and if it wasn't for today's trip, Chu Zhen might not know about it?

Liu Renzhi responded, and hurriedly beckoned a servant to enter the door, and asked him to find the handyman who is usually responsible for carrying water. It may seem like a trivial matter to us, but for the people, it is a matter of livelihood, so we have to be cautious. ”

Carefully appreciate the meaning of the poem. Liu Renzhi said sincerely: "Adults love the people, and the lower officials are ashamed." ”

"Love the people, but he doesn't dare to be an official. Even if it can't benefit all people, we must do something practical for the people. Chu Zhen smiled slightly: "When you leave office, this official doesn't want the people of Qiantang to point to their backs and complain. ”

In the end, his skin is not thick enough. It's not dark enough to tolerate your own inaction.

After a while, the handyman who carried the water rushed in, and before he could salute, he heard Liu Ren say, "Do you know if the well water in the city has changed recently, as if it has suddenly become bitter or something." ”

When the handyman who was still a little uneasy heard this, his heart fell in vain, and he hurriedly replied: The little one is not clear. ”

"Aren't you in charge of carrying firewood and water, how can you not know?" Liu Renzhi wondered, his forehead wrinkled, and he seemed to be a little angry.

"Of course, the adults who talk little have to carry water every day, but the water is transported back to the county government from the clear spring on the mountain outside the city, and I really don't know if the well water in the city is small?" The handyman said.

When Chu Zhen heard this, he immediately understood a little, it seems that the well water in Hangzhou City is indeed not very good. And the mountain spring is very luscious, otherwise the county government would not be reluctant to seek the near and far, presumably the same is true of those rich and noble families.

Thinking in his heart, Chu Zhen stood up and said with a smile: "Master Liu, now that you are free, why don't we go out for a walk." ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Liu Renzhi didn't have any reason, waved his hand to let the miscellaneous servants retreat, and he had to call three or five. The official accompanied him, but let Chu Zhen stop him, since it was a secret investigation, there was no need to make a big formation.

"Master Liu, do you know how many wells there are in the city?" The two walked out of the yamen quickly Chu asked casually, and he didn't expect Liu Renzhi to be able to answer, after all, in his impression, there were tens of thousands of households in Hangzhou City. Wells are always everywhere, and no one should try to count them.

No, Liu Renzhi immediately replied: "Six." He continued to add: "It was cultivated by Li Mi in the Tang Dynasty when he was appointed as the assassin of Hangzhou, and it has been inherited for nearly 300 years. ”

"It's only six wells?" Chu Zhen was full of surprise: "So little, how can it be enough for the needs of 100,000 people?" ”

Chu Zhen said 100,000, not referring to the population, but household registration, 100,000 households, distributed in all corners of Hangzhou City, not to say that only gathered in one place, Chu Zhen really can't imagine, only six wells, how can it meet the living water of hundreds of thousands of people.

Liu Renzhi blinked his eyes inexplicably, and said puzzledly: "My lord, for many years, there have only been six drinking water wells in Hangzhou, but I have never heard that the people are worried about water shortage. ”

"Really, fake." Of course, Chu Zhen didn't believe it, frowned and said, "Where is the nearest well, you take this official to take a look." "I really don't believe that there are only six water sources for hundreds of thousands of people to drink."

The latter sentence was a little slight, Liu Renzhi didn't hear it clearly, and when he was leading the way in front, he looked back and smiled from time to time: "My lord, the six wells are divided into West Well, Jinniu Pond, Fang Well, White Turtle Pond Small Square Well and Xiangguo Well, and after a few more steps, you will arrive at Xiao Fang Well." ”

The small square well is very close to the county office. Only across an alley, walk a few dozen steps to arrive, the place here is very spacious, but the residence seems to be less, build a well here, I don't know whether it is for the benefit of the people, or for the convenience of the government;

Of course, the vicinity of the county government is a prosperous place of commerce, where restaurants and teahouses are lined up, and there is a wine-making workshop not far away, which are all large water consumers, and the daily operation is inseparable from water.

"When do the people usually come to fetch water?" Could it be that after the peak period of carrying water, Chu Zhen secretly pondered, looked up at the direction of the sun's shift, and roughly estimated the time of the day, which was only about two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

Liu Renzhi was asked, he really didn't pay attention to it, after all, you are the head of the county government, and there are always miscellaneous servants in charge of rough work such as carrying firewood and water.

However, Liu Renzhi's supervisor was not in vain, he hesitated, and immediately reacted, "Ran forward to ask the people who were queuing, and after a while, he returned with a smile on his face and said: "My lord, the lower officials have asked clearly, there is no law for the people to carry water, and generally when there is a shortage of water at home, they will come when they come." ”

Both of them came out in civilian clothes, so next to the well: Ding Er didn't come to them, but the good temple looked at them twice, and there was nothing special to respond, and they continued to be busy with their own affairs. The wooden barrel carrying the hanging rope was thrown into the mouth of the well, shook it familiarly, filled the barrel with water, tightened the rope, and slowly lifted it up, and so on, and finally picked up the bucket that had been filled with water with a flat pole, and walked cautiously, lest the water in the bucket spill out.

"Alas, at last I saw the suffering of the people with my own eyes;" Chu Zhen sighed with emotion, since he moved into the city and used tap water, he didn't know how many years he hadn't seen this scene.

"A few times back and forth, I can fill the jar at home, I am afraid that after two days, I will have to mumble to myself again, Chu Qian's mood seems to be a little dull.

"It shouldn't be so fast, as far as the lower officials know, it can last at least ten days and half a month Liu Renzhi said in a low voice.

The official thought that the people's home was similar to the county government, and it seemed that there were only five or six large vats, and Chu Zhi smiled: "I think about it, I am also a little bit of a small people, and I know the difficulty of life, and I know the truth of being prepared, and it is very normal to have ten or eight giant vats at home." ”

Originally, I thought that the people did not have much water stored at home, but after listening to what Liu Renzhi said, Chu Zhen suddenly understood that he had just thought about it, this is normal, otherwise the people were busy carrying water every day and didn't have to do anything else.

Liu Renzhi was a little confused again, he couldn't figure out how Chu Zhen could think like this, after thinking about it, he felt that he needed to explain the situation, so he whispered: "My lord, ordinary people only have one or two giant tanks at home, and there is no place to put them if there are more

"It's only two tanks of water, how can it support half a month?" Chu Zhen was shocked, could it be that the people's living habits were different from those of the official eunuch family? No shower, laundry, cooking,

"Why not? Liu Renzhi said inexplicably: "Ten days and a half months is still short, and there are thrifty people's homes, which can be used for more than a month."

"How do they use it, it's so frugal." Chu Zhen exclaimed, how could this fine traditional virtue not be handed down, then the country would not need to advocate water conservation every once in a while.

But after thinking about it carefully, Chu Zhen felt very terrifying, such a small amount of water can be used for a month, I really don't know how they get by, should it be as they think, never take a bath" Imagine it, Chu Zhen couldn't help but shudder, how can this kind of day survive.

"It's not very useful, just drink a few bowls of water a day Liu Renzhi said.

"Drink less all of a sudden. Chu Zhen found that something was wrong, so there should be something wrong.

Think for a moment. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong, Chu Zhen frowned and said: "Master Liu, there are only one or two jars of water, how can the people use it for a month, don't they need to do laundry and cook?"

As soon as the words were spoken, Liu Renzhi was also aware of the contradiction, and immediately understood why Chu Zhi looked surprised, and hurriedly explained: "My lord doesn't know, there are only six wells of water that can be drunk in Hangzhou, but there are more than six wells of well water that cannot be drunk

"What do you mean, you can be clear." Chu Zhen is a little incomprehensible;

"That is to say, in addition to the water from the West Well, the Golden Bull Pond, the Square Well, the White Turtle Pond, the Small Square Well, and the Xiangguo Well, there are many large and small wells in Hangzhou, but the water from those wells is salty and miserable, so it can only be used for other purposes," Liu Renzhi continued to explain.

"Why?. Chu asked.

"What do you mean by that, my lord?" Liu Renzhi didn't understand.

"It's all in Hangzhou City, how can there be a clear situation between us?" Chu asked, walked to the well, begged the people for half a scoop of well water, took a sip, and carefully realized that although it was not as sweet and delicious as the mountain spring. But the taste is not bad either.

Yes, why is this, Liu Renzhi was silent, just listening to others say this, it seems to be a matter of course, he has never considered this problem, maybe there was a little surprise, but after a long time, he gradually forgot about it.

Let's go, go to other places to see Chu Zhen said, he didn't feel strange about Liu Renzhi's neglect, after all, in life, there are many things that seem very ordinary, but careful study finds that it is not simple, but it is often used to ignoring the past naturally.

"The lower official is derelict in his duties. I hope that your sins will be forgiven. Liu Renzhi was ashamed to say that the well water outside the city suddenly became bitter, which can also be inferred that he was busy with official business in the yali and could not understand the situation in time, but he had been an official in Hangzhou for many years, and he was unclear about what was under his nose, which was indeed a little too much to say.

In fact, it can't be said to be dereliction of duty, it's just that he doesn't pay attention to the environment, or that sentence, he doesn't want to do it, he neglects to do it to others, and it is extended, Chu Zhen doesn't know what he doesn't know, and his subordinates don't know it, even if it's common sense that he should know, as long as the problem is not serious, he doesn't like to blame others at will.

After walking another street and coming to a place near a people's house, Chu Zhen found that the situation was just as Liu Renzhi said. There was also a well here, but no one fetched water here, and if it weren't for the wooden bucket for the water next to it, and there were traces of wetness on the side of the well, he would have thought that the well was abandoned.

Seeing Chu Zhi walking towards the well, Liu Renzhi immediately knew what he wanted to do, and hurriedly took the lead and lifted the manhole cover. The hanging rope lowered the barrel, and soon brought up a small half bucket of well water, and looked for another one beside it. The wooden scoop spooned some water and gave it to Chu Qian.

took the water and took a sip slightly, Chu Zhi's forehead couldn't help frowning slightly, the bitter well water turned around twice in his mouth, and the taste was the same as the well water in the fishing village outside the city, but in the end, he didn't swallow it, and turned around and spit it out.

Now I understand the reason why two tanks of water can be used for half a month, but a new problem has come, the well water outside the city has only deteriorated in the near future, but the well water in the city has been like this for many years, the taste is the same, what is the connection, and the same in the city, the difference is only more than 100 steps, why is the water of the two wells so different.

Not many questions. But it is more critical, since the city has well water can change, maybe the same situation will happen in the six wells in the city, hundreds of thousands of people rely on these six wells to drink, it is related to the people's livelihood, and it is not necessary.

However, Chu Zhen also understood the truth that he didn't have to bow down to everything, so after walking around the city for half a circle and inspecting the six wells, he threw this glorious and arduous task to Liu Renzhi, but he started to be the shopkeeper, and went back to the Ya to have some intimate exchanges with Chu'er.

The next day, I barely got up from the gentle township, had breakfast, and walked out of the hospital door leisurely. saw Liu Renzhi hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "My lord, has the lower official found out?" ”

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